Lexical Definition

‎נָבַע‎ nâbaʻ (naw-bah') to bubble ^H:V
a primitive root

belch out, flowing, pour out, send forth, utter (abundantly).

• to gush forth
• figuratively, to utter (good or bad words)
• specifically, to emit (a foul odor)

1) to flow, pour out, pour, gush forth, spring, bubble up, ferment
1a) (Qal) to flow
1b)(Hiphil) to pour out, emit, cause to bubble, belch forth
1b1) to pour out
1b2) to cause to bubble, ferment
1b3) to pour forth, emit, belch forth

See Greek: ἀναγγέλλω · ἀποκρίνομαι · ἀποφθέγγομαι · ἐρεύγομαι · φθέγγομαι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎נָבַע‎] verb flow, spring, bubble up, in poetry and late (Late Hebrew id. (rare); Assyrian nabû, id., Dl^{HWB 442}; Arabic well or issue forth (of water); Aramaic ‎נְבַע‎; Ethiopic II. weep, tear(s)); —

Qal Participle ‎נַ֫חַל נֹבֵעַ‎ Prov 18:4 a flowing wady, metaphor of ‎מְקוֺר חָכְמָה‎. Hiph`il Imperfect ‎יַבִּיעַ‎ Ps 19:3* + 3 t.; ‎אַבְּ֫יעָה‎ Ps 78:2; Prov 1:23 ‎יַבִּ֫יעוּ‎ Ps 94:4; Ps 145:7 ‎יַבִּיעוּן‎ Ps 59:8* 3 feminine plural ‎תַּבַּ֫עְנָה‎ Ps 119:171 — pour out, emit, cause to bubble, belch forth:

1. pour out, figurative ‎אַבִּיעָה לָכֶם רוּחִי‎ Prov 1:23 (|| ‎אוֺדִ֫יעָה‎ ‎דְבָרַי אֶתְכֶם‎).

2. cause to bubble, ferment ‎זְבוּבֵי מָ֫וֶת יַבְאִישׁ יַכִּיעַ שֶׁמֶן רוֺקֵ֑חַ‎ Eccl 10:1.

3. figurative, usually of speech, pour forth, emit, belch forth, emphatic expression: ‎פִּי רְשָׁעִים יַבִּיעַ רָעוֺת‎ Prov 15:28 (opposed to ‎לֵב צַדִּיק יֶהְגֶּה לַעֲנוֺת‎) i.e. the righteous considers before he speaks, the wicked bursts out with reckless utterance; ‎פִּי כְסִילִים יַבִּיעַ אִוֶּלֶת‎ Prov 15:2 (opposed to ‎לְשׁוֺן חֲכָמִים תֵּיטִיב דָּ֑עַת‎); ‎יַבִּ֫יעוּ יְדַבְּרוּ‎ ‎עָתָק‎ Ps 94:4 (|| ‎יִתְאַמְּרוּ כָּלפֹּֿעֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן‎); ‎בְּפִיהֶם‎ ‎׳‎‎יַבּ‎ Ps 59:8* (|| ‎חֲרָבוֺת בְּשִׂפְתוֺתֵיהֶם‎); in good sense, ‎אַבִּ֫יעָה חִידוֺת‎ Ps 78:2 (|| ‎אֶפְתֳּחה בְּמָשָׁל פִּי‎); ‎תַּבַּעְנָה שְׂפָתַי תְּהִלָּה‎ Ps 119:171 ‎זֵכֶר רַבטֿוּבְךָ יִבִּ֑יעוּ‎ Ps 145:7 (|| ‎וְצִדְקָֽתְךָ יְרַנֵּ֑נוּ‎, compare also vPs 145:6); metaphor ‎אֹמֶר‎ ‎׳‎‎יוֺם לְיוֺם יַבּ‎ Ps 19:3*, i. e. though silent, it really pours forth speech.

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